Design Intelligence asked numerous firms “In your firm’s hiring experience in the past five years, which schools are best preparing students for success in the profession?” and the Top 5 for Undergraduate and Graduate schools are:

In the Dean’s Survey the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Harvard University came in the top spots for most admired undergraduate and graduate schools respectively. The survey also lists the results from the Student’s Survey with each school given a break down including Ball State University, CalPoly, Colorado State, Harvard, Iowa State and many other schools. The report also notes the average debt load for landscape architecture.